v. rare. [f. SQUAT v. + -LE.] a. intr. To squat closely; to nestle. b. trans. To settle down squatly.
1786. Burns, To a Louse, iii. Swith, in some beggar’s haffet squattle.
1897. Blackmore, Dariel, xlvii. As a young cuckoo … squattles his empty body down, and distends himself into one enormous gape.
